Current TV Shows That Should Have Been Cancelled Years Ago

[The Voice of Reason]

Smallville: Hell most of the original cast already bailed out leaving just Tom Welling and Allison Mack as the only two series regulars left.
The problem with Smallville, as with most shows that stay on the air way past their prime, is poor scripts. Two words for Welling to ponder when deciding whether to continue playing the role of Clark Kent for a 9th season. Dean Cain.

Saturday Night Live: That show has been on life support for years until Tiny Fay injected some life to the program by portraying Sarah Palin.
Maybe the writers at SNL are hoping Palin wins the election; then they will have enough material for the next four years.

George Lopez: Sorry but this guy is not funny, at least in a sitcom. Maybe his stand up routine brings laughs, but his show is just a rehash of other sitcoms that have aired on TV over the years. Except this time the lead character is Hispanic.

Ghost Whisperer: The more I see of this show the more I'm rooting for the ghosts.
Lowering the neckline on Jennifer Love Hewitt's dresses isn't going to help either.

Boston Legal: Okay we get it that Denny Crane has mad cow and Alan Shore can't maintain a relationship with women and both guys like to smoke cigars on a balcony several stories high over the city of Boston. Anyone else notice the revolving door of regular cast members over the years? Heck two unknown actors didn't even last out one season before they disappeared.

The CBS Morning Show (or what ever its called now). Here is where a network should have kept Captain Kangaroo around until the old boy either retired or kicked the bucket because the Late Bob Keeshan had more viewers than any of the reincarnated news programs CBS tried to launch in order to compete with Good Morning America and the Today Show. Maybe CBS should consider bringing back Pee Wee's Playhouse. Hey it can't be any worse then what they have now.

 

[jsu5381m]

Jerry Springer: That show peaked ten years ago. Most of the guests are fake.

My Super Sweet 16: I know it has only been on a couple of years, but the show should have been cancelled after the first episode.

Maury: It's your own fault if you slept with 50 men and can't figure out who the daddy is.

 

[Garrett]

Smallville: Hell most of the original cast already bailed out leaving just Tom Welling and Allison Mack as the only two series regulars left.
The problem with Smallville, as with most shows that stay on the air way past their prime, is poor scripts. Two words for Welling to ponder when deciding whether to continue playing the role of Clark Kent for a 9th season. Dean Cain.

Saturday Night Live: That show has been on life support for years until Tiny Fay injected some life to the program by portraying Sarah Palin.
Maybe the writers at SNL are hoping Palin wins the election; then they will have enough material for the next four years.

George Lopez: Sorry but this guy is not funny, at least in a sitcom. Maybe his stand up routine brings laughs, but his show is just a rehash of other sitcoms that have aired on TV over the years. Except this time the lead character is Hispanic.

Ghost Whisperer: The more I see of this show the more I'm rooting for the ghosts.
Lowering the neckline on Jennifer Love Hewitt's dresses isn't going to help either.

Boston Legal: Okay we get it that Denny Crane has mad cow and Alan Shore can't maintain a relationship with women and both guys like to smoke cigars on a balcony several stories high over the city of Boston. Anyone else notice the revolving door of regular cast members over the years? Heck two unknown actors didn't even last out one season before they disappeared.

The CBS Morning Show (or what ever its called now). Here is where a network should have kept Captain Kangaroo around until the old boy either retired or kicked the bucket because the Late Bob Keeshan had more viewers than any of the reincarnated news programs CBS tried to launch in order to compete with Good Morning America and the Today Show. Maybe CBS should consider bringing back Pee Wee's Playhouse. Hey it can't be any worse then what they have now.

I disagree with your opinions because they are based on fact
In particular:
SNL: On a winning streak, having one of their best (and funniest) seasons since 2000, perhaps since the 70s. That's the ratings, go argue with them.
George Lopeze: "You" may not find him funny, but much of us do, and this show is already cancelled, so why are you kicking it when it's already down? By the way, the reruns do very well, and it is one of Nick At Night's highest rated shows.

"I don't like it" is never a good enough reason for a list...

 

[The Voice of Reason]

I disagree with your opinions because they are based on fact

Should I then have based my opinions on fiction?

 

[liradioisbad]

With SNL, you'll always get a few good skits outnumbered by the blandness in the rest of the show. It's been like that from day one.

Also, Jennifer Love Hewitt had admitted that she does wear those dresses for the sake of eye candy.

Now for some other shows:

I think I once heard According to Jim only exists because ABC couldn't find a better sitcom to replace it with.

I never watched ER, but I've heard plenty of things about how that should have ended years ago.

In my opinion, the Simpsons should have been ended in 1997. While it's funnier now than it was earlier this decade, I can't really get into it anymore.

 

[mleach]

Jerry Springer: That show peaked ten years ago. Most of the guests are fake.

Maury: It's your own fault if you slept with 50 men and can't figure out who the daddy is.

I'm not a fan of either of Springer and Povich either. Never have been but its quite easy to know why both shows are still on TV even though I agree with you, Springer did peaked ten years ago ( remember Jerry Springer doing the film "Ringmaster" ? ).

Both shows know that millions of adults want to be "shocked". They get a kick watching some 23 year old woman who has slept with 50 guys and have no idea who the father of their baby is or the sight of two very overweight lesbians living in a filthy trailer in West Virginia, men dressed as women who have no teeth, or even an 8 year old child jumping up and down on his bed screaming "f**k you" to his mother. Kinda like when one sees a car accident, there will always be people hanging around in hoping they will see the bloody body.

In other words, Jerry Springer and Maury Povich both give people that "kick", the "kick" of hanging around the watercooler at the office saying "..OMG..did you see Jerry yesterday ?" I am not one of these people ( and I assume few on this board are either ) but lets face it...millions are into this sort of thing.

 

[Tim-In-Houston]

The most-recent incarnation of the "Early Show" is actually quite palatable (aside from Mrs. Les Moonves...er...Julie Chen). The main anchoring pair of Maggie Rodriguez and Harry Smith have good chemistry and do a good job. "Good Morming America" has gotten much to fluffy since Charlie Gibson left for the night shift and I've never been able to watch "Today."

 

[sdh483]

I forsee The Price is Right being cancelled in the future. I have no clue why Drew Carey is such a bad host. I mean, he hosted and participated in an IMPROV comedy show for such a long time!

 

[genghis]

The CBS Evening News with Kathie Couric.


Ok, ok....Wheel of Fortune.

 

[Don62]

I vote for ER.

It should have been axed years ago, probably a couple of seasons after the "heritage" cast left.

I haven't watched it in years. When I did tune in once a couple of years ago, it was unrecognizeable.


Law and Order. The long-running show is trite. "Ripped from the headlines" is more triteness.
Stories are supposedly based on fact then fictionalized.

L&O's writing is also weak. Realize, this show won Emmys for its strong scripts and drama during its first 3-5 seasons, particularly seasons 1-3. Today, it would be unimagineable that such schlock would be norminated for a major award.

 

[Markxxx]

Ratings aren't necessarily the key, for instance Designing Women had it's highest rating (and only year it was in the year end top ten) in 1991-1992 when Julia Duffy and Jan Hooks replaced Delta Burke and Jean Smart.

This was definately the end of the show even though the ratings were high.

Look at A Different World it tanked totally after Cosby was no longer giving it it's lead in.

So ratings alone don't tell the whole story. Especially with SNL that has been on so long and since the show isn't in reruns, the two generations have never seen the original skits.

 

[azumanga]

So ratings alone don't tell the whole story. Especially with SNL that has been on so long and since the show isn't in reruns, the two generations have never seen the original skits.

Of course, the show was in reruns as recently as a couple of years ago, when NBC carried SNL repeats following the new show on most stations. I think E! still carries SNL, but, never seen E! in eons, I don't know how far back they go.

 

[YEKIMI]

ANY soap opera still on the air. Why people watch this crap is beyond me.

 

[formeraa]

As for Boston Legal, the character rotation was planned and stated publically from the very beginning. Also, it is well-known that this is Boston Legal's final season (they say it in all the promos).

 

[radiorama1]

I'm probably in the minority here, but I disagree about Jerry Springer... I think the show is still funny because it has esentially become a parody of itself, with the puppets, clowns, and other freakshows he has on...

But I agree 100% about Maury... time to pull the plug...

Off-topic a bit: Speaking of Jerry, has anyone seen the Steve Wilkos show yet? (Steve was Jerry's former #1 Security guard on the Springer show)... IMO The Steve Wilkos show is one of the best shows on television right now...

 

[bostonmediaguy]

It pains me to say it, but it's time for "The Simpsons" to go. It has not been funny in a very long time and the biting sarcasm it became famous for has been easily replaced by "Family Guy."

 

[Garrett]

I disagree with your opinions because they are based on fact

Should I then have based my opinions on fiction?

If we're talking aobut your "opinion" then you should have named the subject "Current TV shows I THINK should have been Cancelled Years Ago" or put some kind of disclaimer in your post, that this is just your opinion.

I agree with Bostonmediaguy about The Simpsons.
I find myself asking: "Is that still on the air?"

 

[LKellerIII]

I disagree with your opinions because they are based on fact

Should I then have based my opinions on fiction?

If we're talking aobut your "opinion" then you should have named the subject "Current TV shows I THINK should have been Cancelled Years Ago" or put some kind of disclaimer in your post, that this is just your opinion.

I agree with Bostonmediaguy about The Simpsons.
I find myself asking: "Is that still on the air?"

I don't think any disclaimer is necessary. Doesn't it go without saying that anything people share would be their own personal opinions?

For me personally, sitcoms get stale after a few years. Cheers is the perfect example. After about 3 seasons, I was finding the interplay between Sam and Diane unfunny - even irritating. Nothing against the 2 actors - they were both excellent. But Diane in particular was too difficult for me to tolerate. In real life, a temperamental intellectual with a snooty and superior attitude like that in a working man's pub would be shunned. I'd like to think Shelley Long realized all this, and took herself out of the show for that reason.

I realize I was definitely in the minority here - the show was popular for what? 11 years, I think. I tried it again when Kirstie Alley came on board, but it was over for me..

If I was going to choose a show that by most people's objective criteria should have been canceled years ago - it would have to be According to Jim. What's with that? Every new TV season, I figure it will be gone, but it rears its ugly head again.

Is it finally gone now?

 

[Ultimajock]

...King of the Hill. Old tapes of Beavis & Butt-Head and Daria are fresher...

 

[kms575]

As for Boston Legal, the character rotation was planned and stated publically from the very beginning. Also, it is well-known that this is Boston Legal's final season (they say it in all the promos).

I've really only just gotten into the show this season, and I'm really enjoying it. You've gotta admit, Shatner certainly has staying power.